Clamp



mmh 25, w24.. www@ C. VITEK CLAMP Filed Oct. 15. 1923 Patent lidar. 25, ld.;

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application aan october is, ieee. semi no. escaso.

To all' fwhom t may concern:

Be it kno that l, CHARLES VrrsK, a citizen of the Reublic of Czechoslovakia, residin at Gmaa, in the county of Douglas and tats of Nebraska, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clamps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in hose clamps. l

The principal object ofthis invention resides in the provision of a novel clam hav- "ing a resilient tightening member a apted to take up any loosening of the clamp should, for instance, the hose shrink due to heat or vibrations. 4

A further object of the invention is to provide a hose or pipe clamp in which, through simple manipulation of an adjusting screw,

the entire circumference of the outer hose or pipe, and articularly the side walls of the same, are' rmly gripped and pressed against the inner one. i

Another object of the invention is to ro vide means in this clamp for quickl re eas-4 ing the clam) desired to isconnect one of the tubular members from the other. v lt is, furthermore, an object of the invention to provide a which. can M manufactured at very sma expense 'and which can be manipulated in a.l

v very simple way 'for fastening two tubular members at their telescoping ends to Aeach. other.

With these and other objects in view, an embodiment of the invention is illustrated 4in the accompanying drawing, anddescriwm in the following specification, the novelfeatures being pointed out in the append claims.`

ln the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of av clamp enbodyln my invention and Fi res 2 and'3 are en elevations of same. igure d is Va gurel.

Raten-in to the drawings which illustrateV one orm o my invention, the clamp is here shown as connecting or clampin a pipe 10 telescoped within a hose 11, an the structure shown comprises a continuous emble bend 12 of steel or other suitable material,

formed into a ring with-the material doubled olr folded over itself providing a strong c amp. v l* mag the clamp, the band 12 is fold* from the side walls 4w en it is novel form of aihose clfam I ed over itself from a point 12C approximately midway its end, the eind'12A forming the inner band being slightly longer than the nut retaining end 12B. y f

At the band is bent for a short distance at an angle: toward the end-12B to. form a brace 15 for the verticalwall 12H, againstwhich Wall the coil spring ld exerts pressure when come pressed b olt 13. he brace portion 15 is further depressed intermediate the' ends thereof as at 15A to strengthen the brace. 'lhe upper end of the wall 12H and the brace 15 is slotted as shown at 12E to receive the shank of the bolt 70 cumference may be termed outer band orao j tion and the portion of the band exten in below the brace portion 15' may be terme inner nd portion.

ln adjusting the clamp as .to diameter, the j roper slot 12G is lirst determined and thev and can then be readily bent upward with al pair of pliers to form the abutment wall 12J lfor the nut 13B.

l claim:

1. A clam Ycoinnprisingfa band ofdem'ble sa itse material fol A ed over and forming substantially a double circular band with-an outer band portion and an inner band portion, a art of the outer band ortion ad- "acent t e fold and the end o the outer ne resilient mem r` adapted for compression gcc on tigthtening of said bolt.

' 2. A clam comprising a band of dexible material fo ded over itself and forminP substantially a double circular band with an outer band portion and an inner band ses portion a. part of the outer band portion a jacent the fold andthe end of the er band portion forming walls .which are" anlarly disposed to the cimillzl 0 point of bending, 12C, the doubled 6o the head '13A of the tighteningA so grovided with a plurality the inteediete portion sie thereof, a part of the inner band portion adjacent the fold being bent at an angle as a brace to said wall portion adjacent said iold, a tightening bolt extending .between said walls, and a. spring ada ted for com- /piession on tightening of sai bolt.

3. A clamp as embodied in claim l, and including a slot in the folded end to permit the Withdrawal of the tighteningbolt from engagement with the Wall adjacent the fold without detaching the nut at the end of the bolt.

4. A clamp as embodied in claini.2, and including a slot in the folded end to per mit the withdrawal oli' the tightenin bolt from engagement with the Wall ad]acent the fold Without detaching the nut at the end of the bolt. A

A clamp as embodied in claim l, and including the folded end bent at substantially right angle to the adjacent Wall in the outer band portion, and a slot in the folded end' to permit the Withdrawal of the tightening `bolt from engagement with the folded portion Without detaching the nut at the end of the bolt.

6. A clamp as embodied in claim 2, and including the folded end bent at substantially right angle to the adjacent Wall in the outer band portion, and a slot in the folded end to permit the withdrawal of the tightening bolt from engagement With the folded portion Without detaching the nut at the end of the bolt.

7. A clamp comprising a circularly bent band of flexible material, said band having spaced integral Walls bent at substantiallggy right angles to the circumference of the band, means for drawing said walls toward each other to tighten the band, and resilient means adapted for compression upon the tightening of the band.

8. A. clamp as embodied in claim 1, and including a brace formed integral With the Wall adjacent thefolded end of said outer band portion.

In witness whereof l ax my signature.

CHARLES VITEK. 

